Is it possible to return custom Java objects combining multiple aggregates in Spring Data JDBC? - spring-data

Question

I have multiple aggregate classes, such as Request, Scribe, Candidate, and Exam.
Sample schema:
Request (id, scribe_id, candidate_id, exam_id, status)
Scribe (id, name)
Candidate (id, name)
Exam (id, name, schedule)
As you can see, Request table has references to Scribe, Candidate, and Exam tables.
For one of the requirements, I need to return all requests based on a condition by including all the corresponding details of scribe, candidate, and exam.
For this, the query in my repository class will be similar to the following:
SELECT r.id, r.status, c.name, s.name,
e.schedule, e.name
FROM request r
JOIN candidate c ON r.candidate=c.id
JOIN scribe s ON r.scribe=s.id
JOIN exam e ON r.exam=e.id
WHERE <some-condition>
Now, is there a way to map the result of this query directly to a custom Java object and return the same in Spring Data JDBC?
I believe another alternative is to use the Spring JDBC template.
Curious, any out-of-the-box support from Spring Data JDBC?
Thanks.

Answer 1

I am able to return custom Java object by setting rowMapperClass value of org.springframework.data.jdbc.repository.query.Query annotation. For this need to define RowMapper for custom Java object.
Changes look similar to the following:
public class RequestResourceRowMapper implements RowMapper<RequestResource> {
#Override
public RequestResource mapRow(ResultSet resultSet, int rowNumber) throws SQLException { ... }
}
In repository class, need to set rowMapper value.
#Query(value = """
SELECT r.id, r.status, c.name, s.name,
e.schedule, e.name
FROM request r
JOIN candidate c ON r.candidate=c.id
JOIN scribe s ON r.scribe=s.id
JOIN exam e ON r.exam=e.id
WHERE <some-condition>
""",
rowMapperClass = RequestResourceRowMapper.class)
List<RequestResource> searchRequestResources(...);

Answer 2

This could have even been possible without using a custom row mapper as well, but in that case, you will have to assign different names to the columns across the tables. You could have defined a simple class and defined all the fields in there and for mapping the java fields with the corresponding columns in the table, you could have used the #Column attributes example:
public class RequestData {
#Column("id")
private Integer requestId;
#Column("scribe_id")
private String scribeId;
#Column("candidate_id")
private Integer candidateId;
#Column("scribe_name")
private String scribeName;
#Column("candidate_name")
private String candidateName;
#Column("exam_name")
private String examName;
#Column("exam_schedule")
private String examSchedule;
}
However, for such case, you need to have different column names across the schema's which might not be possible in your case as you have same column names in multiple schemas.